Device for cleaning and drying safety-razor blades.



C. J. KENNEDY.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING AND DRYING SAFETY RAZOR BLADES.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.s0.1915.

'1, 179,359. Patentefi Apr. 1]., 1916.

INVENTOR.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES JUSTIN KENNEDY, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO NORTHERNNOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA, A CORPORA- TION OFSOUTH DAKOTA.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING- AND DRYING SAFETYQRAZOR BLADES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application filed August 30, 1915. Serial No. 48,064.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES JUSTIN KEN- NEDY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 318 West Second street, in the city of Duluth,county of St. Louis, and State of Minnesota, have invented a new anduseful Device for Cleaning and Drying Safety- Razor Blades, and of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention consists of two thin springlike meta plates, preferablyabout two inches in length, one inch in width, and onesiXty-fourth inchin thickness, and prefer ably bent or arched outward at a slight anglefrom each other, so that a razor blade may be inserted between the twoplates without damage to the fine edges of said blade; said plates beingjoined together at the center by a small screw, bolt or rivet, so thatthe two inner faces may be exactly opposite, and meet evenly whenpressed together; each plate, however, havinga thin rubber pad aboutthree-eighths of an inch in thickness, about the same width as the metalplate, and about half an inch in length; said rubber pad being attachedto the inner surface of one end of each plate by means of cement, glue,or a screw or rivet; and a felt pad of same size as the rubber padattached to the inner surface of each plate at the opposite end to therubber pad, so that the two rubbers will meet together evenly, and thetwo felt pads will 'meet together evenly when the plates are pressedtogether.

The use and object of my device are, first to clean soap, dirt, hair, orwater off the razor blade after its use for shaving; and

second, to dry the razor blade after cleanfinger and thumb with a wipingmotion. I attain these objects by the device illustrated 1n theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of the entiredevice, Fig. 2 a, side view, and Fig. 3 represents the individual partsof the device.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Letters a, a, represent the metal plates, bent or arched sllghtlyoutward at points 9, g,- b, I), represent the two rubber pads c, 0,represent the felt pads; d represents the screw or rivet fasteningplates together; 6, e, e, e, represent screws or rivets attaching thepads to the plates; f, represents a thin block of metal or wood betweenthe plates at the point where' they are fastened together by the screwor rivet, 03; said block being of the same width as the metal plates,about three-eighths of an inch in thickness, about a third of an inch inlength and preferably secured in any desired manner to one of theplates.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device; letters a, a, representing themetal plates; 6, b, the rubber pads; c, 0, the felt pads;d, the screw orrivet fastening plates together; e, e, e, e, the screws or rivetsfastening pads to place; and f, separating block of wood b, b, therubber pads; c, 0, the felt pads; d,' v

the screw or rivet fastening plates together; and f, the separatingblock between the plates.

I claim, therefore, for my invention.

,A device of the character described, comprising two pieces of resilientsheet metal of substantially the same size and shape united at theircenters, arched or bent apart at their ends, and having attached to the'opposed faces of their adjacent ends blade engaging pads, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

CHARLES JUSTIN KENNEDY. Witnesses:

W. W. BLAoKsHAw, E. G. WALLINDER,

